North Belfast

Maps by Conal Kelly and Nicholas Whyte

This constituency was slightly cut down from the old North Belfast.

The old North Belfast constituency was incorporated into the expanded North Belfast after 1995, with some tidying of the boundaries with West Belfast and South Antrim. The Member of Parliament throughout the period was Cecil Walker (UUP).

See spreadsheets for 1983, 1987 and 1992.

Election results, 1983-1992

Belfast North

9 April 1992

Cecil Walker MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 17,270 (48.1%)
Alban Maginness (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 7,615 (21.2%)
Patrick McManus (Sinn Féin) 4,693 (13.1%)
Tom Campbell, (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 2,246 (6.3%)
Margaret Redpath (Conservative Party) 2,107 (5.9%)
Seamus Lynch (New Agenda) 1,386 (3.9%)
Margaret Smith (Workers' Party) 419 (1.2%)
David O'Leary (Natural Law Party) 208 (0.6%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 9,625; Electorate: 55,068; Turnout: 35,896 (65.2%)

11 June 1987

Cecil Walker MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 14,355 (39.0%)
Alban Maginness (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 5,795 (15.7%)
George Seawright (Protestant Unionist Party) 5,671 (15.4%)
Patrick McManus (Sinn Féin) 5,062 (13.7%)
Seamus Lynch (Workers Party) 3,062 (8.3%)
Tom Campbell (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 2,871 (7.8%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 8,560; Electorate: 59,159; Turnout: 62.7%

23 January 1986

Cecil Walker MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 21,649 (71.5%)
@Paul Maguire (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 5,072 (16.7%)
Seamus Lynch (Workers' Party) 3,563 (11.8%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority 16,577; Electorate 59,820; Turnout 51.5%

9 June 1983

Cecil Walker (Ulster Unionist Party) 15,339 (36.2%)
@George Seawright (Democratic Unionist Party) 8,260 (19.5%)
Brian Feeny (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 5,944 (14.0%)
Joe Austin (Sinn Féin) 5,451 (12.9%)
@Paul Maguire (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 3,879 (9.1%)
Seamus Lynch (Workers Party) 2,412 (5.7%)
William Gault (Independent DUP) 1,134 (2.7%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 7,079; Electorate: 61,128; Turnout: 69.4%)

See also:

Results from 1983 to 1995 for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | Upper Bann

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Nicholas Whyte, 21 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.